Chapter 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing

Chapter 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which item below best describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by 2020?

ANS:   B

(B) is correct. In 2020, the United States is projected to have only 64% of the registered nursing workforce required to meet the demand for registered nurses. (A) is incorrect because unlicensed personnel will not be filling positions for nurses because this group does not have the education needed to provide such care. (C) is incorrect because the need for hospital nurses will dramatically increase, not decrease. (D) is incorrect because hospitals will not have enough nurses as stated per statistics.

DIF:    Knowledge     REF:    Page 30

2. What impact did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest have on health care?

ANS:   B

(B) is correct because this movie reminded us that all individuals have rights and that it is the responsibility of the public and health care professionals to ensure that these rights are protected. (A) is incorrect because the context for the care of patients with mental disability did not change as a result of this movie. (C) is incorrect because this movie portrayed nurses as the enforcers of the system. (D) is incorrect because the Nurse Training Act was established.

DIF:    Application     REF:    Page 32

3. Which nurse died after deliberately acquiring two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever during the Spanish American War?

ANS:   C

(C) is correct because Clara Maas is noted as the nurse who deliberately acquired two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever. (A) is incorrect because Florence Nightingale is the founder of professional nursing. (B) is incorrect because Margaret Hoolihan is a character on a TV show, not an actual nurse. (D) is incorrect because Sairy Gamp is a character in a Charles Dickens novel.

DIF:    Knowledge     REF:    Page 32

4. A bronze statue of a nurse in battle fatigues who is obviously exhausted but demonstrates caring by holding a soldier’s head is an artistic representation of nurses who served in which war?

ANS:   D

(D) is correct because this statue represents the caring provided by nurses during the Vietnam War. (A) is incorrect because there is no statue that represents nursing during this war. (B) is incorrect because there is no statue that represents nursing during this war. (C) is incorrect because there is no statue that represents nursing during this war.

DIF:    Knowledge     REF:    Page 33

5. What is the purpose of the Nurse Reinvestment Act of 2002?

ANS:   C

(C) is correct because this act funded $20 million to provide nursing scholarships, public service announcements promoting nursing as a career, faculty loan cancellation programs, geriatric training grants, and nurse retention and safety enhancement grants. (A) is incorrect because this act does not provide disability insurance to RNs. (B) is incorrect because these funds do not promote unlicensed caregivers as an alternative to professional nurses. (D) is incorrect because this act provides for geriatric training grants, not pediatric training grants.

DIF:    Knowledge     REF:    Page 30